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for a highway patrol i'm sure 94% of violent criminals caught are speeding. because why else would they look further.

The red asphalt does help, but the sheer amount of dutch cyclists who will run you over if you go into the bike lane is the real reason people notice the bike lanes. no matter how many signs are there, people are going to walk on paths with less people using them. the only way to have a...

Yeah I think having a Newport-Fall River route, connection at a Fall River/Battleship Cove station that connects to Boston would probably make the most sense.

I love this idea. Newport accessibility by rail would be the next big step in South Coast construction I would think. Would make Fall River more of a destination (platform transfer at Battleship Cove would be perfect for tourists), and would allow Rhode Island rail to become more of a network...

It would be more apt to conflate the word "plantation" with colonialism than slavery. English first started using plantations with the colonization of Ireland and worked as a means to de-gaelicize the Irish living there. Plantations were a major tool of English colonialism by allowing a...

Saw this interesting article earlier today, any thoughts?

Too Maryland/Virginia for me. Leave the Kings/Queens to states that had landed gentry.

I think there would be more of Friday/weekend rush for New Bedford than Fall River. Areas surrounding New Bedford have more of a "summering" population than Fall River, as well as the ferries to Martha's Vineyard/Nantucket/even cuttyhunk.

based on what I could find on wikipedia, RI pays for capital funding on the Providence/Stoughton line, as wells as pays Amtrak for the rights for the MBTA to use Amtrak rail. I'm sure there's more there but I can't find easy proof of it. I'd be surprised if Rhode Island didn't contribute to the...

It also takes money out of the city. At least commuters buy lunch/products in Boston, but having that money sent over to wherever they are WFH takes it out of the equation.

no more bridge!! :( besides that looks like a great change.

I'm not super well acquainted with the laws, are licenses 2-4 easier to acquire?

We really need "beer and wine" licenses to help fill the gap. It would provide a compromise with the current license holders to still hold onto a license of value, but also allow new restaurants to provide some alcoholic offerings. I'm not even sure if this is something that Mass currently does...

It might be a little out there, but putting something like a small cafe attached to the underpass would do wonders. I saw some old tunnels on the Siene in Paris that have been converted into Bars/Restaurants, and it guarantees that people are out and about near the area providing oversight for...

I was surprised to find a good amount of public restrooms in SF Public Parks. Thought this wasn't achievable in the US (boston + nyc).

really great question, i've also ended late nights in east williamsburg/bushwick thinking why this wasn't happening back home in Boston. The nice thing about those areas is that they're really accessible by both subway/bus/now bikes, and all the bordering neighborhoods have a lot of interest in...

Rivian is a weird case because it isn't the most welcoming. I went to the Brooklyn location and they wouldn't let past the door without giving my email/phone number for contact. That alone makes it seem almost hostile for a store front. In a walkable neighborhood I shouldn't have to give up...

40 seats is so few, if this ever got momentum i feel like you'd have to watch some boats come and go before you even go on. It is stupid that Boston doesn't have more ferry/water-focused options. I've used the ferry in NYC a couple times to get around and it was surprisingly fast and well...

I'd rather take some snarky Billboards on the state border and public transit over foil weed packages littered on the street, street signs in the sidewalk advertising illegal deals, etc. It definitely is jarring after it being illegal for so long, but Mass has done it more tastefully than other...

At least it's better than NYC... most Mass dispensaries I've seen are clean and respectful of their surroundings. In NYC much less so